"I am afraid, mamma, you have been overexerting yourself," said Stella.
"The Black Robe"
Wilkie Collins
You get out there and keep the crowd from overexerting itself.
"The Missing Link"
Edward Dyson
Alma, as could at once be perceived, ran no risk of overexerting herself in domestic duties; she moved about of mornings with feather-brush, and occasionally plied an unskilful needle, but kitchenward she never turned her steps.
"The Whirlpool"
George Gissing